older sister and younger brother
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
shop; small store; business; firm
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
shower of dharma; Buddhism flowing forth
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo)
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
post; quarters; military station; police station
unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
whichever one chooses; either way
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
(doing something) in tears
leader (of an alliance); leading power
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
important point; strategic position; key point
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
kumis (fermented mare's milk); kumiss; koumiss
lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
handicraft; industrial art object
to agree on; to agree about
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory